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The Sonic Bloom

Oct 6, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Joy on Fire's Anna Meadors and John Carillo stop by!

The Sonic Bloom
12:03 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:03 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:09 PM
Part One Joy on Fire interview - Part One Joy on Fire interview
Part One Joy on Fire interview Part One Joy on Fire interview
2022
12:20 PM
Joy on Fire - Unknown City
Joy on Fire Unknown City Joy on Fire N
Unknown Cities Procrastination Records 2021
Featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered in 2019 and 2020, and cited as the “best live band in New Jersey” by youdontknowjersey.com in 2021, JOY ON FIRE is a sax/bass/drum rock-jazz trio that formed in Baltimore and is now based in Trenton and New York City. Their most recent release, States of America, peaked at #48 on the Roots Music Reports Top 50 Rock Album Chart and their video for “Uh Huh”—the opening track on States of America—is an official selection at fourteen film festivals worldwide, including the LA Rocks Film Festival and London Rocks Film Festival, and was a winner at the Obskuur Ghent Film Festival in Belgium. Their video for “Unknown City,” from Unknown Cities, was a winner at The Brighton Rocks Film Festival.
12:27 PM
Part Two of Joy on Fire interview - Part Two of Joy on Fire interview
Part Two of Joy on Fire interview Part Two of Joy on Fire interview
2022
12:38 PM
Joy on Fire - Kung Fu Tea Party
Joy on Fire Kung Fu Tea Party Joy on Fire N
Unknown Cities Procrastination Records 2021
12:44 PM
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12:44 PM
Joy on Fire - Happy Holidays
Joy on Fire Happy Holidays Joy on Fire N
States of America Procrastination Records 2022
12:51 PM
TV Tramps - Baby Girl
TV Tramps Baby Girl TV Tramps R
Rip It Up 2014 Little Dickman Records 2014
R.I.P. Brian Sugent.
12:53 PM
Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' In the Graveyard (Remastered)
Jackie Morningstar Rockin' In the Graveyard (Remastered)
Monster Bop 1993
Recorded 1959, Mobile, Alabama. Orange Records.
12:55 PM
Robyn Hitchcock - I Want to Tell You About What I Want
Robyn Hitchcock I Want to Tell You About What I Want Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records 2017
12:57 PM
Swansun - Paranoia Stomp!
Swansun Paranoia Stomp! R N
Paranoia Stomp! - Single Garden State Occultist's Club 2022
Request from Doug!
1:03 PM
Moon Duo - Run Around
Moon Duo Run Around Moon Duo N
Live at Levitation (Live) The Reverberation Appreciation Society 2022
1:09 PM
Arlie - Water Damage
Arlie Water Damage Water Damage
Wait - EP Atlantic Records 2018
1:12 PM
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
The Normal Warm Leatherette The Normal
Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D. - Single Mute 1978
1:20 PM
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1:23 PM
O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples
O.C. Smith Little Green Apples O.C. Smith
Hickory Holler Revisted Columbia/Legacy 1968
1:26 PM
Honey Radar - Consult the Napkin
Honey Radar Consult the Napkin Honey Radar N
Honey Radar / Violent Change Split - EP Chunklet Industries 2021
1:29 PM
Snail Mail - Pristine
Snail Mail Pristine Snail Mail
Lush Matador 2018
1:33 PM
Pharoah Sanders - Colors
Pharoah Sanders Colors Pharoah Sanders
Karma Impulse! 1995
R.I.P. Pharoah Sanders. This album was released May 1969.
1:39 PM
John Coltrane - I'm Old Fashioned
John Coltrane I'm Old Fashioned John Coltrane
Blue Train Blue Note Records 2012
Blue Train is a studio album by John Coltrane which was released in January 1958 by Blue Note Records. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, it is the only Blue Note recording by Coltrane as session leader.
1:46 PM
Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron & Pat Rugolo - Casbah (Remastered)
Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron & Pat Rugolo Casbah (Remastered)
The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Records collection
1:50 PM
Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All
Yo La Tengo You Can Have It All Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Matador 2000
1:56 PM
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1:58 PM
Stereolab - Robot Riot
Stereolab Robot Riot Stereolab N
Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5] Duophonic UHF Disks / Warp Records 2022
2:00 PM
Kraftwerk - The Model
Kraftwerk The Model Kraftwerk
The Man-Machine (Remastered) Parlophone UK 2009
The Man-Machine (German: Die Mensch-Maschine) is the seventh studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. It was released on May 1978 by Kling Klang.
2:05 PM
Dead Can Dance - The Arcane
Dead Can Dance The Arcane Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance (Remastered) 4AD 2007
Garden of the Arcane Delights is the first EP by Australian band Dead Can Dance. It was released in August 1984 on record label 4AD.
2:10 PM
Clan of Xymox - Masquerade
Clan of Xymox Masquerade Clan of Xymox
Medusa 4AD 1986
2:14 PM
Anne Clark - Our Darkness
Anne Clark Our Darkness Anne Clark
Joined Up Writing Virgin Records 1990
2:17 PM
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Echo & The Bunnymen The Killing Moon Echo & The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain Rhino/Warner Records 1984
2:24 PM
The Church - Under the Milky Way
The Church Under the Milky Way The Church
Starfish Arista 1988
2:33 PM
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2:33 PM
The Open Mind - Magic Potion
The Open Mind Magic Potion The Open Mind R
The Open Mind Sunbeam Records 2010
The band was formed in 1963 by four musicians from Putney, South West London. Initially named The Apaches and formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. This song was released in August 1969. Going out to Mike, who requested this spooky little tune. Groovy!
2:36 PM
Love and Rockets - So Alive
Love and Rockets So Alive Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets Beggars Banquet 1989
2:40 PM
Boy Harsher - Pain
Boy Harsher Pain Boy Harsher
Lesser Man EP City Slang 2018
2:47 PM
Grauzone - Hinter Den Bergen
Grauzone Hinter Den Bergen Grauzone
Grauzone ELECTRIC UNICORN MUSIC PRODUCTION 2019
Grauzone was a band from Berne, Switzerland, that was active and disbanded in the early 1980s. Eisbar is their big hit!
2:50 PM
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2:50 PM
A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (7" Version)
A Certain Ratio Shack Up (7" Version) A Certain Ratio
Acr:Set Mute 2018
2:53 PM
Crack Cloud - Drab Measure
Crack Cloud Drab Measure Crack Cloud
Crack Cloud Deranged Records 2018
2:56 PM
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
Substance 1977-1980 Rhino 2010
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 12:05:30 PM
hey joy on fire!
Brian D 12:05:41 PM
Hello
Esoterica (host) 12:05:59 PM
hello bri
Christine 12:10:26 PM
Hey Eso! And Joy on Fire and all! 🔥
Esoterica (host) 12:10:42 PM
hi, christine! nice to see ya here
Brian D 12:26:40 PM
I hear a little David Byrne. And now I see Baltimore connection too . interesting sounds
Esoterica (host) 12:27:38 PM
nice, bri, i can see that
Brian D 12:39:41 PM
Oh yah i see the morphine connection now! This is cool
Brian D 12:40:38 PM
Wow she has a great sound!. He does too
Esoterica (host) 12:40:39 PM
toally
Esoterica (host) 12:40:43 PM
totally
Brian D 12:56:38 PM
Robyn!
Esoterica (host) 12:57:22 PM
i knew you would like this!
Esoterica (host) 12:57:43 PM
BTW I am chatting with him at 4 and will air next week!
Esoterica (host) 12:57:54 PM
fingers corssed connection is good to london
Esoterica (host) 12:57:58 PM
cvrossed
Esoterica (host) 12:58:02 PM
jeez
Esoterica (host) 12:58:05 PM
CROSSED
Brian D 1:06:00 PM
New Moon Duo "Live at Levitation" just came out
Esoterica (host) 1:07:02 PM
sweet, actually i will change, taht i s what i am playing
Rob from Maryland 🌻 🇺🇦 🦐 🇮🇷 1:28:46 PM
Howdy all. I'm eating a big red apple because we don't have any green ones.
Esoterica (host) 1:30:07 PM
howdy rob
Esoterica (host) 1:30:21 PM
yum, i like tart red apples
HJG 1:36:43 PM
Hi dj Es. Hope all is well. And hoping you got to see the boys from Stockton while they were in town. Really great shows and turnout
Esoterica (host) 1:37:33 PM
wonderful, hjg. i am sorry i will miss them (or have missed them so far)
Esoterica (host) 1:37:49 PM
i have seen lots of folks posting!
HJG 1:38:50 PM
Ahh what a pity, 4 nights in brooklyn then the met yesterday
Esoterica (host) 1:39:36 PM
so amazing
Esoterica (host) 1:40:09 PM
glad you got the chance to see them, but you even went to spain, no?
HJG 1:40:40 PM
Yes no worries there is always europe, then australia and japan next year.
Esoterica (host) 1:40:59 PM
whoa, there is a goal!
HJG 1:41:37 PM
No did not go to Spain, could not get it done. Hopefully japan next year
Esoterica (host) 1:43:02 PM
that would be so cool:)
HJG 1:44:07 PM
Yes a goal indeed.
Tom S 2:01:56 PM
jumping in to say Hi All ! between work meetings
Esoterica (host) 2:03:08 PM
hi tom!
Christine 2:04:22 PM
🤖 ✨️ I have to hop back and forth to work & meetings also. Back now. Sounding great, Esoterica!
Esoterica (host) 2:04:49 PM
ok, c! thx fro stopping by:)
Christine 2:05:31 PM
Also, thank you Eso for uploading your shows to Mixcloud.
Esoterica (host) 2:06:33 PM
Sure thing, C! I need to catch up:)
Christine 2:12:05 PM
Clan of Xymox 💜🖤 Dead Can Dance
Andrew Gruen 2:13:08 PM
hi there!
Esoterica (host) 2:13:17 PM
yes getting into the moody halloween goth vibe
Esoterica (host) 2:18:04 PM
hey andrew!'
Rob from Maryland 🌻 🇺🇦 🦐 🇮🇷 2:20:05 PM
Bivalent booster time. Bye y'all
Esoterica (host) 2:21:30 PM
alright, rob! thx fo stopping by
Brian D 2:27:30 PM
Elec guitar imitates bagpipes
Esoterica (host) 2:28:41 PM
sweet
Brian D 2:28:45 PM
This and Killing Moon go together well
Esoterica (host) 2:28:52 PM
agree:) thx
David Shortell 2:31:01 PM
Nice to see an homage to Brian Sugent.
Christine 2:32:59 PM
28 minutes left...
Esoterica (host) 2:34:32 PM
thx david
David Shortell 2:38:14 PM
Speaking of Yo La Tengo, "Windy Day" (1968) was hyped in Sunday's "Doonesbury".
David Shortell 2:38:20 PM
https://washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/2022/10/2
Esoterica (host) 2:39:03 PM
thx for the doonesbury link
Mike Reese 2:40:25 PM
Thanks Esoterica!
David Shortell 2:40:46 PM
The Hernandez Brothers weren't pleased when these English blokes took the name they created!
Esoterica (host) 2:41:02 PM
sure thing! Cool tune! @mike
Esoterica (host) 2:44:58 PM
which name, david?
David Shortell 2:50:17 PM
Their publication "Love and Rockets" that they started 4 decades ago. Alan Moore told his friends in Bauhaus about it.
David Shortell 2:50:21 PM
https://blog.fantagraphics.com/how-to-read-love-and-rockets/
Christine 2:50:55 PM
This playlist is COLD as Eisbär! 🧊 🐻‍❄
Esoterica (host) 2:51:49 PM
thanks, c!
Esoterica (host) 2:52:04 PM
aw thx david, i see now
Christine 2:56:12 PM
Great show...cheers, Eso!
Esoterica (host) 2:56:23 PM
cheers, c!
Esoterica (host) 2:56:25 PM
thx